I am creating a game called Piggy Attack.I am trying to remove some movie clips off the stage.I also tried it by adding them to the stage using as3 but neither are successful.They all come up with the error code:
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I am currently doing a project for an A level computing assignment, and as i havent used flash much before, im not brilliant.
I have assigned the movie clip 'Star' to the stage multiple times, using the same depth each time. Everything works peachy until I click 'Reset' where the stars all stay on the screen.
I'm currently working on a script which depending on various factors will add different movie clips to the stage. When the factors change so do the movie clips. I know that I can use removeChild(myMC); 100 times and wipe the stage, so I was thinking it would be possible to add all the movie clips to an array and use removeChild(myArray); to get rid of them but I'm coming up with the compiler error: Code: 1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type Array to an unrelated type flash.display:DisplayObject. so obviously I'm missing something. Is this even possible? is there a more effective way to remove Movie Clips from the stage?
View 6 RepliesI have multiple movie clips on stage (all in separate layers, of course) as well as buttons on stage to play each movie clip. There are buttons inside each movie clip. The problem is that the buttons inside the top layered movie clip work, but the others in the movie clips below don't.
View 2 RepliesIf I add 10 clips like this[code]...
this just results in an error, what are the instance names of my 10 objects then?
What is the code I use to find out how many movie clips are inside a movie clip and then remove them?
clips = some_mc.numberOfClipsAtThisLocation;
clips.RemoveEmAll;
Flash version: CS4
AS Version: AS2
FLA and XML attached.
This is my first time posting. I am trying to learn actionscript and normally like to discover my own solutions but after working on this for days with no solution I am ready to pull my hair out.
Here's the deal. My FLA loads and XML file and from the XML data dynamically creates two categories of buttons, Modules and Steps.
Each module may have a different number of steps. When a module button is clicked it should display the correct number of steps buttons. That works fine except when a module has less steps that the previously displayed module. When that is the case it will always display the greater number of steps. In other words it is Attaching movies correctly with no problem but I can't figure out how to create a looping structure to remove them. I've tried every goofy thing I can think of. It must be something using removeMovieClip but I'm at a loss.
Here is my current code:
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I have this code in my Flash file[code]...
I'm wondering, when I remove the movie clips should I also be popping them from the array?
I have an onEnterFrame function that attaches the movie clips and pushes them into the array, so I'm worried that if I don't pop them the array will continue to increase in size and slow down the movie. Is this the case, or will they be automatically removed from the array by the removeMovieClip() method above?
Does anyone know how to set up like a movie clip listener or some sort. I have several buttons on the screen and if I click a button I want whatever movie clip is on the page to be removed and load the new one according to which button is pressed. Right now in order to remove a movie clip you have to click the same button twice to remove it but I want to be able to click any button and remove the move clip and load the correct one. I'm @ a lost to setting this up.
View 0 RepliesI've attached a small example of what I'm doing. The finished project will have a main menu with buttons to 6 pages with 6 maps on each, and 4 other pages.
1.) I've attached movie clips (map graphics) on frame 5 accessable with buttons on frame 1. But when you go to the maps (frame 5) and roll-over them, and use the BACK button to return to the main menu (frame 1) the maps are still there.
2.) In looking for a solution to this I've read that even if I make the maps not visible they are still there, and will add to the size of the file if they are loaded over and over again. I'm thinking I may have done this all wrong and when the project is complete it's going to be a big mess. How can I simplify it?
I have a btn on the main stage and when moused over, it will play an mc (window_mc) which opens up a toggle window. The window_mc includes 3 layers; 1 the animation of the toggle window, 2 the AS of the window and 3 the content inside the toggle window.
The content (layer 3) is another mc (countdown_mc). Within that mc I have an animation and the next frame holds an flv, which plays after the animation.
My question is in relation to the main btn on the main stage that pulls the toggle window open (window_mc) when moused over. I have it set to where it only opens and closes when the mouse is rolled onto the button or off it. The window will open and close accordingly.
When the content in the window gets to the flv within the countdown_mc, I do not want the rollover action to work anymore. (I have an exit btn on the window that will close everything out if clicked).
I know I probably need a removeEventListener action, but I am not sure how to write it if the addEventListener is linked to my btn on the mainstage and I want it removed within the countdown_mc which is inside the window_mc.[code]...
Trying to remove three movie clips from a game screen when advancing to the next stage, but the movie clips stay. I've been using removeChild (MovieClip) but its not working for all movie clips on the screen. this is my first time using flash.Heres the code I've got so far:
stop();
removeChild(hat_mc);
removeChild(vest_mc);
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I am in search to find a way to remove movie clips on the press of a button. I currently have 3 buttons that loads three difference movie clips however If one button is pressed I want to remove the previous movie clip that is loaded. Right now I have to press the same button twice in order to remove the movie clips. Is there a way to set up a movie clip listener on the buttons?
View 5 RepliesI have some (Eg. 10) Movie Clips on bottom of the Stage (aligned horizontally) with different sizes (different width & height). I want them to align vertically on middle of the stage with same gap (irrespective of their sizes) in between 2 Movie Clips. Is it possible using AS3 code?
View 3 RepliesSuppose I've got 2 movie clips on the stage. box_mc and triangle_mc. I want to set up a way so that whenever I trigger the event, such as pressing a key (like
if(Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)){
//stuff that activates it
}
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if I push the Space key again, it would start from the top (1) and repeat the sequence. The sequence would otherwise stop at 4. Previously I've been using counters inside an onEnterFrame such as counter = counter +1; if counter > n, counter = n; etc. This seems tedious and I'm hoping there's a better way to do this. I do not understand watch and timer functions of actionscript (they never seem to work for whatever project I'm occupied with).
I have used Flash on and off over the years but I've decided to hunker down and learn it in earnest. We have cs4 at work and I am having this problem.I checked out the differences between a graphic symbol and a movie clip, and it seems that the movie clip has some distinct advantages. But the main disadvantage is not being able to see what happens on the stage as it plays. How can I get around this limitation? Why does it even exist in the first place? I understand that scripting can complicate how it plays, but for example if I am making a straightforward animation, but parts of it depend on other parts that are in separate symbols, how can I see what is going on at a specific frame on the stage overall?
View 3 RepliesIf I create a 2000 frame Movie Clip and then drag it onto the stage of my main scene... shouldn't it work/play through it's entirety from within one frame of the main scene timeline? IOW I'm having to make the layer on the scene stage that i drag the movie clip onto 2000 frames long in order to see the nested 2000 frame movie clip play.Seems like in the past I could get Movie Clips to play and loop and what not from the main scene/stage without doing this.
View 12 RepliesFirstly, I want to be able to push the space bar on my keyboard during a swf, and for a movie clip to appear on the stage. This is what I have so far:
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onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if(Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)){
_root.attachMovie("Explosion", "Explosion"+i, _root.getNextHighestDepth());
_root["Explosion"+i]._x = _x;
_root["Explosion"+i]._y = _y-20;
}}
but its not working....
Secondly, I want A movie clip to spawn in the middle of the stage, then randomly travel outwards to the edge of the stage, then dissapear. And this needs to happen over and over, with the same movie clip travelling to a different place each time. This is what I have so far :
Code:
onClipEvent(load){
timer = 0;
i = 0;
a = 0;
b = 0;
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I'm trying to use a loop to add some movie clips to the stage, but I want to give each one a different name so I can refer to them in another function, but I don't know how that is done. I'm trying to learn how to do this so I can create an Isometric game. Here's my code....
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Im having trouble centering my movie clips on the stage.
I have postioned movie clip holders on the stage and and coded them to be invisible (10 of them). If the images loaded are less than 10, the extra movie clip holders stay invisible and the loaded ones become visible.I am struggling to center the visible movie clip holders.[code]...
I want to add 5 movie clips to the stage. The movie clip at this point is just a red box and called testMovie. Ultimately i want to have 5 red boxes displayed on screen tiled vertically one under the other. Here's the code i have so far:
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I have a question that's been bugging me for a LONG time now. I'm still pretty new to ActionScript, I'm trying to have a series of movie clips move from right to left along the stage, but after about 3 seconds they stop! Here's the code...
ActionScript Code:
public function thingTimer () {
nextThing = new Timer (1000 + Math.random()*5000,1);
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Way of referring to all the movie clips on the stage at once, and of putting that information into a variable for use with hit detection.
View 3 RepliesIm trying to create a class which can access a movie clip on stage. I've searched many forums/google cant seem to find the solution im after. If i have a movie clip on stage with instance name 'mc1' for example. how can i access this movie clip from a class im creating. Eventually id be able to access the movieclip via a dynamic name but need to get past this simple stage first.
View 1 RepliesI'm using AS3 to place movieclips onto Flash's stage...
The code I have looks something like this:
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import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
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Currently when the player moves their cursor over the movie clips that AS3 is placing on the stage, they disappear. However the movie clip is not actually removed from the stage, it simply plays to a blank frame in its timeline to give this illusion. How do I tell Flash to remove the movie clip from the stage rather than just give the illusion that it is gone?
When the player moves their cursor over the movie clips that AS3 is placing, I want the movie clip that is attached to the cursor to gotoAndPlay certain frames of its timeline.
I have an array containing names of movie clips. I would like to loop through the array, and add the movie clips to the stage.
I have the following code, but obviously this doesn't work.
HTML Code:
var mcArray = [];
mcArray .push( "mc1" );
mcArray .push( "mc1" );
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Write a small code which creates a movie clip from library on stage, plays it, and then removes it from stage?
View 2 RepliesI have a Movieclip on stage, with this code on it, the movieclip loads ok from the library as per the code, but after the two sounds have finished i wish to remove the movie from stage... i have tried even more examples putting the removesection all over the code
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I'm having an issue with placing images loaded from an XML file in placeholders within movie clip instances on the stage. It'll load an image onto stage, but only one image. I'm kinda at a loss at the moment.
Code:
import com.greensock.TweenLite;
import com.greensock.easing.Back;
import com.greensock.loading.*;
import com.greensock.loading.display.*;
import com.greensock.events.LoaderEvent;
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I have a clip i need instances of on the stage, and it is not practical to add the instances via actionscript, so I drag them on the stance and name the instances.
The attached code is for the clip class, ProductBubble. I am populating the object's properties in the main document class, as in:
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